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The Worthington advance., 1887-07-21
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Harvest is pretty well under head
way. Rye is about all cut. Most of
the barley will 20 into stack this week
and oats harvest will be we'll along be-
fore the week is out, rs the hot wealth.
er of the past two weeks has ripened
the grain very fast, and the bulk Of the
harvest will be over before the month
is out, as was the case last year.
People are taxed to their utmost to
keep up, with the work rs help is very
scarce and hands are hard to get.
Oats, barley and corn will be fully
fifty per cent better than last year and
wheat has not looked rs we'll for n
number of years.
Field corn is tasseling ont and sweet
corn begins to appear on the table.
Potatoes, where they have been we'll
and thoroughly cultivated and hoed,
are u poor crop, but where they have
been partly neglected and left to take
care of themselves are pretty good
crop.
Considerable new farm machinery
has been bought by Elk farmers this
year.
Mr.. Sanders, just over our south
line, has \ large patch Of Russian Nam.
moth suntlowers that tower we'll up to.
ward the zenith, though only u little
over half grown, and promise t" yield
All immense amount of fuel, to say
nothing of the seed that is known to
be valuable for Il number Vf purposes.
School closed last week in district
No. "a for the summer.
Miss Maggie Phinney. Of Luverne, is
visiting Miss Netlie Baitutf.
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Halls
How'S THlSN

We offer one hundred dollars reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by taking Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. j. CHENEY & CO., Prop'rs
Toledo, o.
p. S.-Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken
internally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces Of the sys.
TEN: P,ice, Is Cts. per bottle. Sold
by all DRUGGISTS.
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SCROFULA
I do not believe that

I do not believe that
Ayers Sarsaparilla has
an equal as = remedy
for Scrofulous Hu-
mors. It 10 pleasant
to take, gives strength
aud vigor to the body,
and produces = moro
permanent, lasting, re-
suit than any medicine
/ ever usod.-E.
Haines, No. Lindale, O.
1 have used Ayers
9arsaparill&, In my fam.
lily, for Scrofula, and
know, IL It IL taken
faithfully, 1t will
thoroughly eradicate
this terrible disease. -
w. F. Fowler, N. D.,
Greenville, Tenn.
For forty years I
have suffered with Ery.
sipelas. I have tried
all sorts of remedies
for my complaint, but
found no relief until I
com menced using
Ayers Sarsaparills.
After taking ten bot.
ties Of this medicine I
am completely cured.
Mary C. Amesbury,
Rockport, Me. .
/ have suffered, for
years, from Catsrrh,
which was 20 severe
that Il destroyed my
appetite and weakened
my system. After try.
ing other remedies,
aud getting no relief, I
began to take Ayers
Ssrsaparilla, and, In .
few months, was cured.
Susan L. Cook, go
Albany st., Boston
Highlands, Mass.
Ayers 9arsaparilla
Is superior to any blood
purifier that I have
ever tried. I have
taken It for scrofula,
Canker, and Salt
Rheum, and received
much benefit from It.
It h good, also, for .
weak 0tolnach.lAillie
Jane Peirce. South
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THU HARVEST.

Harvest began in this county earlier
than usual. Barley is about all cut
and farmers are cutting oats. Wheat
is ripening and will soon be falling be-
fore the reaper. We learn that an un-
usual number of reapers and mowers
have been sold this year, which indi-
Gates that farmers are working back to
grain raising.
The principal crop and the money
crop this year will he hay. Probably
all that can possibly be cut will sell at
good prices. Millions of tons will he
left to burn up by prairie fires, but ev-
king this year and is doing his utmost
to put up as much as possible.
All crops are fair and our people are
to be congratulated.
TORRLD HEAT.
Saturday and Sunday last, the 10th
and 18th, will be remembered as lis
toric days in the records of 1887. The
heat at Chicago, Cincinnati and other
points is reported as the greatest ex-
perienced for thirty years. the ther-
mometer reaching lO4 ut Chicago, 1O1
at Pittsburg, 1O2 at Philadelphia, los
nc Wheeling, 100 at Detroit, l06 at
Chenoa, Ill.,, 1O4 at St. Louis, 100 at
indianapolis.
The number of prostrations and
deaths from sunstroke is appalling. An
epidemic of cholera or yellow fever
could hardly have been more fatal. 1t
is the most terrible record of fatalities
from heat that we have ever read, and
shows that there is something in the
condition Of the air, or in the condi-
tiOns of mems systems. Which is IN.
usual. A few years ago we published
the predictions Of one Grimm CONCERN
ing the perihelion period in which he
fOreshadOwed most terrible state of
affairs about this time, resulting in
thousands cf deaths from new diseases.
s,,nstr"kes. calamities, suicides, etc.
1t really begins tO look AS though the
''prCphets Of evil'' were being made
true prophets.
Following is u partial record Of the
prOstra,ions and deaths from heat on
Saturday aud Sunday last, most Of
them on Sunday:
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The auditor was directed to make changes
where it was found necessary to do So by such
rates per cent as would make such property av-
erage in each town as above indicated.
Wagons and carriages were found to average
In tile different towns. and were ordered chang
I'D IL below stated:
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July 10Th, 1887. ; O'Clock p. H., organized as a
board OF county commissioners.
All the members present Apetition was re-
ceived for change OF county road No. 10. on sec
ton %. town lo1. range 43. County Comnis-
sioners Il. O'Hearn and U. 8. Melick were ap
pointed committee to examine and report on
the advisability of making said change At thu
next meeting On motion the board Of cunt,
commissioners adjourned TO the 25th inst.
ia Town, Chairman.
NfrYvo Ar1Stnr
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{ Chinch bugs have appeared in Blue
Earth county, says the Mankato Re.
view.
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The application OF David U. liy!dcn to have
his personal assessment in Seward township
cancelled, not approved.
On motion the valuation of J. GOWNS ware.
house at Bigelow was ordered lowered to t.O.
Warehouse owned by A. Il. Seney. at KusE.
more, ordered entered on the assessment roll Of
Dewald Tp. 1T q valuation Of $3.50.
Peter Thompson asked for a reduction in val
ua,ion on agricultural machinery. steam
| thresher. N Btgelow township, assessed at $780,
| Ordered lowered to 800, subject tO = general
| raise of 10 per cent.
Valuations on real estate ordered raised In
each town, Tor lowered II necessary to corre-
spond with average valuations Of 1886, by such
rates per cent as may be required to accomplish
! that purpose.
On motion the Board Of Equalization adjourn
ed to Tuesday, the 18th inst. Town officials and
all others persons feeling aggrieved or wrOnged
in any way by the assessment, or by this equali-
z,tion. will be givena full hearing on that date
| J. A. Town, Chairman.
E.S. MILLS, Auditor.
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DIFFERENT STYLES OF GRAVES.
What Cemetery Superintendent Says
Grief at Funerals.


"Graves and grave digging is not O
cheerful topic,n remarked Mr.. Salway.
the superintendent of Spring Grove ceme-
I terry "but am willing to impart any In
formation desired"
GLOW many styles Of graves arc there
in this cemetery?
"Three. The plain grave, where no box
is used and the coffin is covered M with
earth; the loX grave, in which pine box
.incloses tht casket, and the brick grave.
OF these the box grave is used in about %
per cent. Of the burials, the plain in 10
per cent. and the brick in 30 per cent. It
is very horrifying to most people TO put
their dead right in the earth, but that is
only foolish Gcntimentality Tho sooner
the body returns TO dust the better IL is
q popular error that bodies are eaten by
worms after being buried. That is another
error, for the worms that would feed on
human flesh do not exist two feet below
the surface. / can't SEQ any use In pre-
serving bodies, but the wishes OF lot hold
er5 are, OF course, respected in every in
stance. The graves arc all six feet deep,
and there 10 considerable knGck required
in digging them. Some dcy9 we open as
high Us = dozen, and, Ggain, there viii
only be two or three"
Many heaps of dirt dotted the cemetery
at intervals, and the information wa1
given that ten bodies would be buried
from the vault the next day without
counting those which would be inferred
by regular funerals.
~ suppose you witness some very har-
rowing scenes sometimes" was suggcst@i
TO Mr., Salway.
"Ycs indeed, but we must attend TO our
business Just the same. Tho grave digGcrs
arc not callous to human grief. The sex
ton has told me that he often turns his
head away on account Of the dreadful
agony Of some daughter or wife. Occa-
sionclly q frantic relative of the dead
attempts to jump in the grave, but that
is n rlro occurrence. Women frequently
faint at Che side of tho grave"
Mr. Salway thinks that in midwinter
bodies ought to be buried &C once. When
spring opens there 10 a good deal to do in
improving the grounds, and then there is
n rusa Of friends to inter tho dead. The
public vault one month ago contained coz
sidarably more than 100 corpses, with the
cssl.ot5 covered with floral offerings which
have now all wlthercd g did the life OF
tho silent form within tho sealed rccep-
taclc In como OF the cemeteries in Europe
the Baskets are piled up by the hundreds
IN vaults and allowed to remain. Parti-
cularly % this tho case in Glcg Novin ceme-
terry, Dublin, where Tho Baskets have
been cccurulatirg fcr years.. Il Spring
Cove, the dead placed in private vaults
must DO hormct!csliy scaled.-'Cincinpati
ENQUIRER.
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Hints to Penny Tosscrs.

Proctor, in his new book on "Chance
and Luck, touches upon one point which
must at some time have interested almost
everybody. 1t is q notion that II you toss
a cent, say ten times in succession, and it
comes down "tails," it is more likely on
the eleventh throw TO come down "heads"
than "tails." The truth appears to be
this, that If you toss for an hour "heads''
will not exceed tails" or "tailsn "hends"
In greater ratio than twenty-one to
twenty. If you toss for day the in
equality will not be greater than 101 to
100. And yet, if during that time you
toss "taiisn ten times in succession las
you may often do), there will be no more
likelihood of 'heads'' than Of "tails" on
the eleventh throw.
II is, indeed, obviously out Of the ques-
ton that anything that has previously
taken place can have given the coin @ ten
dency to como down ono way rather thar
in another. The notion ia perhaps capa-
bic of reduction TO absurdity IN this
way. Suppose it 10 bo true that q coin
which he's como pown tails ten times in
Iuccession is more likely at tho eleventh
throw to como down "head5' tEan
''tails.n
Now let tho tosser who hos thrown
"tails' ten times refrain from making the
eleventh throw. Let him put tho coin in
his pocket and toss it o year hence; it is
still moro likely TO come down "heads"
than "tails." Or let him not toss it at
all, but pass it to another, who will toss il
five years after. as the probability in
heres in the coin, it is still more likely to
come down "heads" than 'tGilsh
Surprising all this TO be true, it would
appear that you might take up an old Ro-
man coin and toss It, thinking the chances
to DO even, whereas the probabilities had
really been decided ny the last pitcher,
who tossed it 1000 ears Ggo.--Philadel-
phia Call.
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L, Purify Muddy Water.

Ny clerk has made useful discovery
In regard to refining the muddy water
that tho city has boon furnishing. Hc
takes the muddy water and pours In few
drops Of ferrlc chloride. This he allows
20 filter through cotton placed at the bot
tom Of funnel. Tho result IL water clear
as crystal, with no faint of iron, and
moreover soft. As fcrric chloride can be
had for n song, this is the cheapest way
that know Of purifying water There is
an old woman'g way of using almond
shells, but that requires time and fills tho
water with tho shells. Globe Democrat.
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Oolnr on IN snrnshtown soclety.

The brilliant entertainments given IN
Slwashtown during tho last wocl, ere still
tho thcnc of much conversation. The
dancing academy has been ono continuous
blaze CT light through the holidays, the
festivities being conducted under the
auspices Of Mayor Kcv-cc. In these
portly halls were assembled the beauty
and fashion of the place and many were
the gorgeous costumes Of tho moro
wealthy class OF the fair sex, and on not q
few Of them On elaborate display OF ex-
tonsive jewclry.
Miss with-h-R Ring in-Hcr-Nose
daughter OF our much esteemed mayor,
leader Of Siwashtown society and heircss
In her own right to two AUX residences
and three canoes, woro beautiful crown
fashioned from hcmlocli bark and eagle
feathers, bright colored beaded bGclsslSin
chemisc, high water calico oyerskirt, and
u $40 Hudson Bay blanket thrown grace
fully over her shGpely shoulders. For
jewclry sho displayed fourteen lin brace
lets, silver labretto q IN single nail
through her upper lip, and two brass
watch chains cncircling her brown Gnlllcs.
Her nose ard cheek were painted black,
and her arms and limbs, from tho knee
down, wcro bare. Her elegant costume
and graceful evolut;ols woro the envy
OF the fair sex, and aho was designated
'tho belle Of tho ball" Tho old mayor
himself wore upon IFS head tho latest
style plug hat enclrcled with oaglo
feathers, q military dress coat, lour eGcls
pantaloons, and pair OF rubber boots.
His whole bearing was that Of ono born
TO command, and lie was locked upon
with reverence by all. Tho music, which
was furnished by the Siwashtown orohcs-
tra, consisting Of two drums and nvo rat
ties, was rendered IN sou. stirring nan
ner.-Alaskn rrco Press.
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r,onncr,. First Trottlng IEorsc.

u is not generally known TINT Robert
Bonner. tho owner of Dexter Maud $.
and other famous trottcr5 owes his love OF
horses 10 i'll health. Ills first purchase OF
trottcr was mGdo In this city. The ami
NAL he bought from the late Sim lloag-
land was flyer well known under the
name Of Tlatbush Maid From his early
manhood MIR. Bonner had been u sufferer
from dyspepsia and had tried many rcme-
dies In vain, including several ocean voy-
ages. HIS doctor, as Last resource, told
him to drive q trotting horse that would
pull well on the lines. st that timo Mr..
Bonner did not own horse and cared
little for driving. lie hired one, however,
On animal with unyieiding jaws, and was
greatly benefited by the exercise afforded
him by his efforts to hold tho horse back.
Then he determined 10 buy, tho Flatbush
Maid falling into lis possession. In q
short tine his trouble left him entirely
and he conceived a icndncsg for horses,
which led him TO the establishment of the
fine stable he now has. -Brooklyn Eagle.
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In The Century "Uncle Rer1us" tells
and Komblc illustrates q story Of southern
,ifc, whose ccene is laid ct tho beginning
OF and during thu war O5o Of the char
nctcrs is Maj. Jimmy Drss, who i5 apt TO
scs excited and once had "cusscd out tho
town." The following bit gives c pen
picture CT tho majors remarkable cam
paigns at Perdue'o corner: Sometimes
between doze5 he would mako his way TO
perdue's corner and discuss tho various
campaigns. How many desperate cam
paiSas were fought on that corner! All
the older citizens, who found Il convenient
or necessary TO stay at homo, had in them
the instincts and emotions Of great COM
mcnde-s. They knew how defeat could
be wrung from victory, end how success
could be mG.lc moro overwhelming. A.
Pcrduc's corner Washington city was
taken not less than dozen times n week,
and occasionally both New York and Bos-
ton were captured and cackcd. OF ell The
generals who fought their battles at the
corner Maj. Jimmy Bass was tho most
energetic, tho most daring and tho most
slillful AZ n strate-ist he had no cupc-
rio-. He had a way Of illustrating the
feasibility Of his plans by drawing then IN
the sand with his cane. Fat as he was,
the major had o way Of surrounding tho
enemy 90 that no avenue was left for his
escape. At Pcrduc's corner lie captured
Scott and Mcclellan and Joe Hooker ond
John Pope and held their entire forces az
prisoners Of war. "-Exclcrgc.
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Snowslioes for Horses.

Horses in the mountain regions Of Cali
fornia have had to wear snowshoes during
the past winter. The Nevada City Tran
script thus describes these shoes: "To
make one Of the shoes you first take n
piece of rubber betting about twelve inches
in diameter. Fasten 20 one side of it n
steel plate so perforated that the calks Of
the horses usual shoe will fit in it. Then
by clamp fasten one Of these with tho
rubber side down securely to each foot Of
the ANIMAL
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r,n pen.nnt nnh ana robln.

A Peasant who had Fine, Largo
Cherrs Tree loaded with Fruit discovered
that tho Blue birds were after tho Cher
ries and he called the Robins around him
and scid:
behold, tho Blue B.r-s nro Robt.ng
me Of o Tenth Of ny Cherries. II you
viii Drive them away Il VIII be c Favor
which shall be Duly Rewarded"
Tho Robins Agreed, but IN O dry OF tgro
thc I'>a-c.. found th-- lis Fr-,- We Dis
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withou. raste for diplomacy.

Tic new Turkish minister to the United
States, Ma-oqueni Bey, is spoken Of IN one
Of the newspapers ns 20 dignifled and
handsome Turk No doabt he Is a
Turl-ish subject, but, Of course, he ia a
Greek. The genuine Moslern is rot found
in diplomatic service 10 any great extent.
The Turk has no taste for that kind Of
rcrvicc, and, besides, Is avcrso to leaving
homo. Hc prefers to remain where he
can GET his bearings on Mecca in abort
ordcr.-Chicngo Herald.
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rise and rn,l Of American Genius.

Chnrles Coinc. whose connection with
the Panama canal company is well known,
Is heavy Get, flnc looking Frenchman,
with large head and faco crowned with
heavy growth Ct gray hair and adorned
with largo Inustachc and o Nnpoleonic
goatec. lie II student Of human nature
and its drifts. In conversation about hcred-
.tary traits he said: "You have IN this coun-
Try rcpid rising OK men to prominence and
IN equally rapid decline in their progeny.
II Is the exception to ilnd CD able son OF
cn cblc father. There is something OF
cvcnncss about the old families q Fratco
thct ic much more remarkable than any
thing else IA their history. The cons OF.
tho cid NOBILITY in France have displayed
through many successive generations IN
cvcnncss Of capacity aad ability which is
much better for the country than brill
linncy. You d1d them I2en Of fair ability
through many generations. New York
Tribune.
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D r. w ASS e r z IT G.,
FROM RUSSIAN POLAND.
To Young and nliddlc-Ascd Men II
Sure Cure

Tho awful effect of early vice, which
brings organic weakness, destroy both the
mind and body, with all its direiu Ills.
PERMANENTLY CURED:
Palpitation of tho heart, timidity. trcln-
hllng, nervous discharges, so much to be
feared; forgetfulness, lack of ideas. sadness
of spirit, ugly imngnings, dislike to solal
life and brooding melancholy.
Married Men, or those entering on that
happy life, aware Of physical debility, ex-
cilahility of the nerves, organic diminn;ion
or other irregularities, quickly assisted.
No Minerals Used.-Ioung people los
ing their health, and spending time with
those unskilled and unqualified, causing
fatal disorders to the head, throat. nose,
liver and lungs, stomach and bowels, speed
lily cured.
Lot not false modcsty deter you from cali
Ing Mt once.
All Private Matters Cured!
Prompt attention is given TO all correspon-
dence. State symptoms. and medicine will
be sent G. o. ID. everywhere.
DIR. Wasserzug is regular gradute Of
IS years prsctics- Diploma in office.
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They have something like the lettre do
cnchet in Quebec. When n young man
becomes obstreperous in riotous living and
Will not listen 60 reason, his lcinsfollI hold
coneeil de fGmillc, or family council, and
''interdict" him. He goes TO an inebriate
asylum and does not emerge until tho
family deem that he has learned reason.-.
ClicarO Times
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rapia as to occasion surprise that earth
qualIes arc not moro frequent, and tho
cities OF Pittsburg, Richmond, FrcdericlSs-
burg, Washington, Baltimore, Port De-
posit, Wilmington, Philadelphia, Trenton
and New York have been located on the
very line OF displacement. New York
SIM.
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appearing twice ns Fast as Before; and
he brought out his Shotgun with the Ex-
clnmation:
"Those Whom I hired to Watch tho
Thieves have Robbed mo the Most"'
Moral; Hire Lawer to Help you Down
the other Heirs. Detroit Free Press.
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AND OTHER PRINCIPAL CITIES

Use the $50 1875 train for the southeast via Little RGsI and
sleepc Louis Take either the $50 % = trains for New
II Pso and the West Take the 100 6 stun
points Steamship Line Phi hdeptie and
al
o nulr particulars o on
J. II Dallas
TURNER Ticket Nam DaIaTex
lscsei Agent Dass lex
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-25
FLAT0NIA TRAIN ROBBERS.
EdU ard Reeves Supposed 10 be- the
Leader, Arrested


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Leader Arrested.
7pec'a4 70 tAe UaAet.e'
DAN ANTONIO 1EN.t july z-'-"a"aFa
Reeves the Fl2tonia tram To00er, who
was arrested Yesterday a. GOIisd, will ar-
rive in Sar Antonio on Monday sDd will
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